promise ring?!

[suchende]

I just have to laugh... two things that I'm just not into, promise rings and the whole, "I would accept his ring, even if it came from a gumball machine" thing!

My darling boyfriend gave me a promise ring that he won from an arcade game. It has some sort of mustard yellow plating that's been cut to reveal the silver-tone aluminum underneath. Despite my insistance in the "gumball machine ring" debate that any boyfriend of mine should know how important jewelry is to me, and furthermore my insistance that I want nothing to do with a shut-her-up ring (I swear it's not! I haven't nagged him about getting engaged, ever!) I'm now proudly wearing a ring that is both things at once.

Never say never, you're jinxing yourself!

 

[hughsie]

Haha, cute! Enjoy it

 

[purelily]

This is super cute Your SO sounds like a real sweetie

 

[vc10um]

Haha. I love it.

I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I''ve seen them given, I''ve only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don''t hold a lot of salt with me. But I''d TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the "finger warmer" thread!

 

[suchende]

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM
Author: vc10um
Haha. I love it.

I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I''ve seen them given, I''ve only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don''t hold a lot of salt with me. But I''d TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the ''finger warmer'' thread!

that''s exactly why i said i would never wear one... at worst, they''re a sign of immaturity and impatience, and at best they almost seem like bad luck, because I have seen them lead to engagements even fewer times than you have. it was a sweet and spontaneous gesture though, so i''ll treasure this one all the same.

 

[jaylex]

Date: 8/30/2009 5:25:12 PM
Author: suchende

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM
Author: vc10um
Haha. I love it.

I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I've seen them given, I've only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don't hold a lot of salt with me. But I'd TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the 'finger warmer' thread!

that's exactly why i said i would never wear one... at worst, they're a sign of immaturity and impatience, and at best they almost seem like bad luck, because I have seen them lead to engagements even fewer times than you have. it was a sweet and spontaneous gesture though, so i'll treasure this one all the same.

I hear what you girls are saying... but on the other side of this... bf gave me a promise ring for our one year anniversary (...pic posted in the finger warmer thread..). We both knew that we were going to get married in the future but because of our ages and out of respect for our parents, we decided on a promise ring as a "symbol" of our commitment to each other. And yes, I had a coordinating one made for him! We've been together almost 4 years now and are getting engaged soon (as in next month if I'm reading him right!)

It was the best thing we could have ever done for many reason.. but one of them being that it paved the way to our PERFECT ering! My promise ring has rose gold (which I had never seen before) and we fell in love with it. We had our solitaire custom made from rose gold! It's "unique to us" and all of the jewelery he has bought me so far has rose in it! So for us it worked!

And that's my 2 cents! lol

Congrats on your promise ring! Can't wait to see a pic

 

[suchende]

jaylex- i posted a picture in the fingerwarmers thread

 

[Londongirl1]

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM
Author: vc10um
Haha. I love it.

I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I've seen them given, I've only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don't hold a lot of salt with me. But I'd TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the 'finger warmer' thread!

Well my FI kept his promise to me! I'm from the UK and we DON'T DO promise rings so when my then Amercian boyfriend gave me a .50ct 'promise ring' I though "what the heck is a promise ring". Well he gave me it and promised to proposed within a year. 9 months later he proposed in Paris

. I love my promise ring and wear it on my right hand.

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Date: 8/31/2009 5:33:46 AM
Author: Londongirl1

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM
Author: vc10um
Haha. I love it.

I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I''ve seen them given, I''ve only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don''t hold a lot of salt with me. But I''d TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the ''finger warmer'' thread!

Well my FI kept his promise to me! I''m from the UK and we DON''T DO promise rings so when my then Amercian boyfriend gave me a .50ct ''promise ring'' I though ''what the heck is a promise ring''. Well he gave me it and promised to proposed within a year. 9 months later he proposed in Paris

. I love my promise ring and wear it on my right hand.

I''m STILL not quite clear on the whole "promise ring" thing. Until I found PS I''d never even heard of one.

 

[suchende]

Date: 8/31/2009 6:40:51 AM
Author: kribbie

Date: 8/31/2009 5:33:46 AM

Author: Londongirl1

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM

Author: vc10um

Haha. I love it.


I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I''ve seen them given, I''ve only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don''t hold a lot of salt with me. But I''d TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the ''finger warmer'' thread!

Well my FI kept his promise to me! I''m from the UK and we DON''T DO promise rings so when my then Amercian boyfriend gave me a .50ct ''promise ring'' I though ''what the heck is a promise ring''. Well he gave me it and promised to proposed within a year. 9 months later he proposed in Paris

. I love my promise ring and wear it on my right hand.

I''m STILL not quite clear on the whole ''promise ring'' thing. Until I found PS I''d never even heard of one.

well kribbie, in our case it''s more like an "if it weren''t for the economy we''d be getting engaged pretty soon, but in the meantime here''s a token representing the future we have together" ring

 

[lucyandroger]

how sweet!

 

[Londongirl1]

Date: 8/31/2009 6:40:51 AM
Author: kribbie

Date: 8/31/2009 5:33:46 AM
Author: Londongirl1

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM
Author: vc10um
Haha. I love it.

I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I''ve seen them given, I''ve only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don''t hold a lot of salt with me. But I''d TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the ''finger warmer'' thread!

Well my FI kept his promise to me! I''m from the UK and we DON''T DO promise rings so when my then Amercian boyfriend gave me a .50ct ''promise ring'' I though ''what the heck is a promise ring''. Well he gave me it and promised to proposed within a year. 9 months later he proposed in Paris

. I love my promise ring and wear it on my right hand.

I''m STILL not quite clear on the whole ''promise ring'' thing. Until I found PS I''d never even heard of one.

Yeah, people always ask me how come I got 2 diamond rings?? I''m just happy that my man has great taste in jewelry

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Date: 8/31/2009 10:14:33 AM
Author: suchende

Date: 8/31/2009 6:40:51 AM
Author: kribbie

Date: 8/31/2009 5:33:46 AM

Author: Londongirl1

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM

Author: vc10um

Haha. I love it.


I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I''ve seen them given, I''ve only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don''t hold a lot of salt with me. But I''d TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the ''finger warmer'' thread!

Well my FI kept his promise to me! I''m from the UK and we DON''T DO promise rings so when my then Amercian boyfriend gave me a .50ct ''promise ring'' I though ''what the heck is a promise ring''. Well he gave me it and promised to proposed within a year. 9 months later he proposed in Paris

. I love my promise ring and wear it on my right hand.

I''m STILL not quite clear on the whole ''promise ring'' thing. Until I found PS I''d never even heard of one.

well kribbie, in our case it''s more like an ''if it weren''t for the economy we''d be getting engaged pretty soon, but in the meantime here''s a token representing the future we have together'' ring

Ah! Okay, got it.

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Date: 8/31/2009 4:10:24 PM
Author: Londongirl1

Date: 8/31/2009 6:40:51 AM
Author: kribbie

Date: 8/31/2009 5:33:46 AM
Author: Londongirl1

Date: 8/30/2009 5:18:27 PM
Author: vc10um
Haha. I love it.

I must admit, I have a sour taste in my mouth from promise rings because out of all the times I''ve seen them given, I''ve only seen the promise kept about 30% of the time...so they don''t hold a lot of salt with me. But I''d TOTALLY wear a gumball machine/arcade winnings ring! Post a picture in the ''finger warmer'' thread!

Well my FI kept his promise to me! I''m from the UK and we DON''T DO promise rings so when my then Amercian boyfriend gave me a .50ct ''promise ring'' I though ''what the heck is a promise ring''. Well he gave me it and promised to proposed within a year. 9 months later he proposed in Paris

. I love my promise ring and wear it on my right hand.

I''m STILL not quite clear on the whole ''promise ring'' thing. Until I found PS I''d never even heard of one.

Yeah, people always ask me how come I got 2 diamond rings?? I''m just happy that my man has great taste in jewelry

You are a very lucky lady! Hmmm I think it might be time to drop a couple of hints...

"But honey, EVERYONE has one!"

I think it''s a nice gesture.

 

[suchende]

thanks ladies for all the kind words. i''m just so happy right now. i feel like our future is very bright, and wouldn''t even care if he re-used my arcade ring as my engagement ring AND wedding band! i''m a full-on gumball ring convert!

 

[Indylady]

How sweet! I''ve always been a sucker for the gum-ball-machine-ring-stories!

 

[D&T]

Date: 9/5/2009 10:10:57 PM
Author: szh07
How sweet! I''ve always been a sucker for the gum-ball-machine-ring-stories!

haha... love it! Ditto here

 

[Novel]

Love it!